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• the present invention relates to the dietary control of appetite in animals, particularly companion animals, such as cats.
• Pet food, pet food additives and methods of feeding are provided which allow a caregiver to dispense larger quantities of food than should be consumed by the animal in one meal with the result that the animal consumes an appropriate dietary amount without the need for intervention by the caregiver to remove the food from the animal's area or otherwise deny the animal access to the source of food between feeding times.
• Nutritional approaches that are based upon restricting the caloric intake of animals are known to have positive effects on health and average body weight. However, these approaches require active intervention on the part of humans to dispense a controlled amount of food at defined intervals. Otherwise, animals given continuous access to a food source (fed " ad libitum ”) will continue consumption until the onset of satiety. However, the onset of satiety in response to food consumption is usually a gradual or delayed response which will routinely lead to consumption of more than the desired caloric limit.
• NPY is a 36-amino acid neuropeptide member of the pancreatic polypeptide (PP) family. That includes Peptide YY (PYY) and PP.
• PYY Peptide YY
• PP pancreatic polypeptide
• NPY is the most abundant and widely distributed peptide in the central nervous system of both rodents and humans. Within the hypothalamus, NPY plays an essential role in the control of food intake and body weight. Centrally administered NPY causes robust increases in food intake and body weight and, with chronic administration, can eventually produce obesity.
• NPY neuropeptide Y1 .
• Y1, Y2 and Y5 subfamilies All three play a role in the regulation of feeding behavior.
• Recent studies have shown that when NPY expression in the hypothalamus was inhibited, the treated animals released 50% less NPY, gained less weight and ate less than the controls up to 50 days after treatment ( Beck, B., Phil. Trans. R, Soc. B (2006) 361, 1159-1185 ).
• NPY hypothalamic content
• Chronic food restriction induces similar changes and refeeding rapidly returns the abundance of NPY in the hypothalamus to initial values.
• Blood glucose concentrations also influence the expression of NPY.
• decreasing leptin levels in the blood by fasting leads to an increase in NPY expression.
• gene therapy that restores leptin receptor expression in a model rat leads to a significant reduction in NPY mRNA levels pointing to a link between the leptin receptor and NPY expression ( Beck, B., Phil. Trans. R, Soc. B (2006) 361, 1159-1185 ).
• the invention provides ingredients and pet food compositions which induce a satiety response in animals upon consumption of an effective dose.
• the invention provides pet food compositions comprising a satiety inducing agent in an amount effective to induce the satiety response upon the consumption of a caloric intake appropriate to the age and weight of the animal.
• This concept rests on the idea of making companion animals, particularly cats, want to eat less.
• the advantages over calorie restriction are many.
• the cat would self-regulate and comply without interference from the guardian.
• the food could be offered ad libitum because even if it is offered beyond what is recommended based on calories, the cat would not have the appetite to consume more.
• the targets for this diet are the hormone NPY and its receptors, and leptin and its receptors.
• Applicants have identified ingredients that modulate gene expression of NPY, leptin, and/ or their receptors, and are thus useful as satiety inducing agents in pet food.
• Satiety refers to satisfaction of the need for nutrition and the extinguishment of the sensation of hunger, which is often described as "feeling full”.
• the satiety response refers to behavioral characteristics observed to be consistent with having consumed a sufficient amount of food, such as an abrupt or a tapered down cessation of eating.
• the biological mechanisms which lead to the satiety response are often triggered in a gradual or delayed manner, such that they are usually out of phase with the amount of food taken in by the animal prior to cessation, which results in the animal consuming more nutritional content than is appropriate for the animal.
• Satiety inducing agents produce an accelerated onset of the satiety response, i.e., pet food compositions containing satiety inducing agents will trigger the satiety response at an earlier point in time than would a similar pet food composition without the satiety inducing agent.
• composition 1 a pet food composition comprising a satiety inducing agent in an amount effective to induce a satiety response, wherein the satiety inducing agent is effective to modulate expression of one or more of the hormone NPY and its receptors, and leptin and its receptors.
• the satiety inducing agent increases expression of leptin and/or its receptors, and/or wherein the satiety inducing agent decreases expression of NPY and/or its receptors; e.g., wherein the genes modulated are selected from NPY, Peptide YY Y2 Receptor and NPY1R; for example, a satiety inducing agent selected from beta-carotene, tomato powder and resveratrol; or wherein the satiety inducing agent is selected from beta-carotene, tomato powder and resveratrol, and the animal is a cat.
• the invention further provides a method of inducing a satiety response comprising feeding the animal an effective amount of the pet food composition of Composition 1, e.g., wherein the pet food composition is formulated to deliver the nutritional requirements of animals in the size and age class appropriate to the animal.
• the invention further provides a pet food composition ingredient effective to control the amount of food intake of an animal, selected from the group consisting of beta-carotene, tomato powder and resveratrol.
• the invention further provides the use of a pet food composition ingredient selected from the group consisting of beta-carotene, tomato powder and resveratrol to control the amount of food intake of an animal, or in the manufacture of a pet food to induce a satiety response of an animal.
• a pet food composition ingredient selected from the group consisting of beta-carotene, tomato powder and resveratrol to control the amount of food intake of an animal, or in the manufacture of a pet food to induce a satiety response of an animal.
• the invention further provides a method of controlling the amount of food intake of an animal comprising feeding a pet food composition comprising one or more satiety inducing agents selected from the group consisting of beta-carotene, tomato powder and resveratrol, wherein the satiety inducing agents are present such that the animal stops feeding when the appropriate nutritional content is consumed.
• compositions of the present invention can be prepared in a canned or wet form using conventional pet food processes.
• Typical requirements for a nutritionally adequate food composition are: carbohydrate, 0 to about 90%, illustratively about 5% to about 45%, by weight; protein, about 5% to about 70%, illustratively about 10% to about 60%, by weight; fat, about 2% to about 50%, illustratively about 5% to about 40%, by weight; total dietary fiber, about 0.1% to about 20%, illustratively about 1% to about 11%, by weight; and nutritional balancing agents such as vitamins and minerals, 0 to about 15%, illustratively about 2% to about 8%, by weight. To these ingredients are added one or more satiety inducing agents in accordance with the invention.
• Vitamins and minerals should be included in amounts required to avoid deficiency and maintain health.
• AAFCO provides recommendations for cats in the American Feed Control Officials, Inc. Official Publication (2003), at pp. 126-240 .
• the effective amount of satiety inducing agent is determined by one skilled in the art by conducting a designed set of experiments in which animals are fed a selected range of satiety inducing agent.
• the ranges of satiety inducing agent should be adjusted for animal body weight, and separate tests can be conducted for animals in the conventional weight classes for the animal to determine amounts to formulate into a finished pet food composition.
• food is generally prepared according to different specifications for cats of different age classes. For example, according to a typical feeding system, kitten denotes a cat under one year, adult indicates ages of one to six years and mature adult refers to cats of seven years and older.
• Suitable starting point amounts of the satiety inducing agents can also be calculated based upon cell line screening data, such as that provided in Example 1.
• Tables 1-3 Exemplary amounts for bate-carotene, tomato powder and resveratrol are shown in Tables 1-3: Table 1- Beta-Carotene Weight (kg) Amount tested (ng/mL) Effective amount in composition (mg) 1 0.003, 0.03 1.8, 18 2 0.003, 0.03 3.6, 36 3 0.003, 0.03 5.4, 54 4 0.003, 0.03 7.2, 72 5 0.003, 0.03 9, 90 6 0.003, 0.03 10.8, 108 7 0.003, 0.03 12.6, 126 8 0.003, 0.03 14.4, 144 9 0.003, 0.03 16.2, 162 10 0.003, 0.03 18, 180 11 0.003, 0.03 19.8, 198 12 0.003, 0.03 21.6, 216 13 0.003, 0.03 23.4, 234 14 0.003, 0.03 25.2, 252 15 0.003, 0.03 27, 270 Table 2-Tomato Powder Weight (kg) Amount tested (mg/mL) Effective amount in composition (mg) 1 0.05, 0.5 30, 300 2 0.05, 0.5 60, 600
• Effective amounts of beta-carotene for an animal weighing 1 kg to 15 kg are in the range of 1.8 mg to 270 mg.
• An effective amount for an animal weighing less than 1 kg or more than 15 kg can be calculated as described above.
• Effective amounts of tomato powder for an animal weighing 1 kg to 15 kg are in the range of 30 mg to 4500 mg.
• An effective amount for an animal weighing less than 1 kg or more than 15 kg can be calculated as described above.
• Effective amounts of resveratrol for an animal weighing 1 kg to 15 kg are in the range of 3 mg to 450 mg.
• An effective amount for an animal weighing less than 1 kg or more than 15 kg can be calculated as described above.
• Gene expression was analyzed using proprietary feline GeneChip® Arrays prepared by Affymetrix, Inc., Santa Clara, CA 95051. Total RNA is reverse transcribed into cDNA. The cDNA is used to generate cRNA which is fragmented and used as probes for GeneChip hybridization. The gene chip is washed and the hybridization signal is measured with an Affymetrix laser scanner. The hybridization data is then validated and normalized for further analysis.
• Eppendorf Microcentrifuge 1.5mL DNase and RNase free/sterile microcentrifuge tubes, 50mL DNase and RNase free/sterile disposable polypropylene tubes, P1000, P200, P20, P10 and P2 Rainin Pipetman pipettes, Filter pipette tips for P1000, P200, P20, P10 and P2 pipettes, DNase and RNase free/sterile, and Peltier Thermal Cycler PTC-200.
• RNA NanoDrop chips with BioAnalyer 2100 Used 100 Format (Midi Array) for the feline genechip.
• Affymetrix gene chips are used to determine the effect of various test substances or ingredients on gene expression in four feline cell lines and appropriate controls. Each ingredient was tested in two concentrations as illustrated for selected sample ingredients shown in Table 4. The solvent at the higher of the two concentrations was used as a control.
• feline cell lines are used: CCL-150 (Lung), CCL-176 (Tongue), CRL-2032 (Brain), and CCL-94 (Kidney) (Obtained from The American Tissue Culture Collection).
• a cell line treated with an ingredient at a specific concentration is referred to as "treatment” and an untreated sample is referred to as "control.”
• control The words “genes” and “probes” are used synonymously in this method. Gene expression was measured for the treatment cell lines and controls.
• the gene expression data was determined to be either "up” or “down” -regulated for any given treatment.
• the decision on whether a gene is "up” or “down” is based on the fold change, which is calculated as treatment intensity/control intensity for each individual probe.
• the fold change is considered down-regulated if its value is ⁇ 1/1.5 (for across all 4 cell lines analysis) or ⁇ 1/2 (for within cell lines analysis) and is up-regulated if it is > 1.5 (for across all 4 cell lines analysis) or > 2 (for within cell lines analysis).

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